Friday, November 4, 2016

Arts and Business Alliance Project

Four the last several months we have hung work by Lillian Almeda and Kirk Lybecker in the 1200 and 1600 buildings at Valley River office complex. Campbell Realty manages the buildings and we are hoping to expand our base and hang more art where the public can see it in their daily lives, not just in museums and galleries.Today I will be hanging 5 of my paintings in the 1200 building (also known here as the upside down pyramid) including these two new ones. Hope you get a chance to see them in person.

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Artist Statement by Robert Canaga

A painter commits part of the soul to canvas, but this is not a subtractive process for me. I grow when I put these images out into the world. I gain knowledge of myself when I complete a painting, so each work leads to the next like completing a puzzle.

I’m a purist when it comes to color; I carry precise colors in my mind’s eye. The windows of my studio do not reveal the surrounding landscape, because I deliberately decided not to be influenced by the external, Pacific Northwest palette. I’m fascinated by color frequencies and how those frequencies relate to each other.

Several times in my life, I’ve been very close to my own death. These experiences, and my art, taught me to fully stand in the moment, where there is no time, and everything happens at once.